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• • STAFF ORIGINATOR: MEETING DATE: TOPIC: VOTE REQUIRED: AGENDA ITEM 2A Julie Bartell, City Clerk October 5, 2009 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 06 -09, Amending Section 3.01 of the Home Rule Charter to require that council meetings be televised Affirmative vote of all members of the City Council BACKGROUND Process: On July 13, 2009 the Lino Lakes Charter Commission submitted a charter amendment and indicated that the amendment should be considered a proposal under Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12, Subd. 7, Amendment by ordinance. The proposal was distributed to the council at their work session that evening, thus commencing the statute defined schedule for consideration of this type of amendment. Consideration of the proposed amendment has transpired as follows: > A public hearing notice was published on August 11, 2009. > The public hearing was held and first reading of the ordinance approved on September 8, 2009; The statute further requires that within one month of the public hearing (by October 8), the council must vote on the proposed charter amendment ordinance. The ordinance is enacted only if it receives an affirmative vote of all members of the council. If the ordinance is enacted, it will be properly signed and published as required by the city charter. There is a minimum 90 -day delay before the amendment becomes effective during which a 60 -day period is allowed for submission of a registered voter petition for referendum (thus commencing a new process for ballot consideration). If a petition is not received, the amendment becomes final and will be properly filed and placed into the city charter. Ordinance Text: The city received two legal opinions relative to the text of the proposed amendment that questioned the clarity of the wording. As a result, the council directed the city attorney to redraft the language for clarity for consideration by the charter commission. The commission rejected the new language developed by the city attorney and chose to keep the wording as they originally proposed